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Here is the directory for the Top 100 Castles.
▼ Exploring Castles in Hokkaido & Tohoku
Hokkaido
1. Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Ruins /
2. Goryokaku /
3. Matsumae Castle
Aomori Prefecture
4. Hirosaki Castle /
5. Nejo Castle
Iwate Prefecture
6. Morioka Castle
Miyagi Prefecture
7. Taga Castle /
8. Sendai Castle
Akita Prefecture
9. Kubota Castle
Yamagata Prefecture
10. Yamagata Castle
Fukushima Prefecture
11. Nihonmatsu Castle /
12. Tsuruga Castle /
13. Shirakawa Komine Castle
▼ Exploring Castles in Kanto & Koshinetsu
Ibaraki Prefecture
14. Mito Castle
Tochigi Prefecture
15. Ashikaga Clan Residence (Banna-ji Temple)
Gunma Prefecture
16. Minowa Castle /
17. Kanayama Castle
Saitama Prefecture
18. Hachigata Castle /
19. Kawagoe Castle
Chiba Prefecture
20. Sakura Castle
Tokyo
21. Edo Castle /
22. Hachioji Castle
Kanagawa Prefecture
23. Odawara Castle
Yamanashi Prefecture
24. Takeda Clan Residence /
25. Kofu Castle
Nagano Prefecture
26. Matsushiro Castle /
27. Ueda Castle /
28. Komoro Castle /
29. Matsumoto Castle /
30. Takato Castle
Niigata Prefecture
31. Shibata Castle /
32. Kasugayama Castle
▼ Exploring Castles in Hokuriku & Tokai
Toyama Prefecture
33. Takaoka Castle
Ishikawa Prefecture
34. Nanao Castle /
35. Kanazawa Castle
Fukui Prefecture
36. Maruoka Castle /
37. Ichijodani Castle
Gifu Prefecture
38. Iwamura Castle /
39. Gifu Castle
Shizuoka Prefecture
40. Yamanaka Castle /
41. Sunpu Castle /
42. Kakegawa Castle
Aichi Prefecture
43. Inuyama Castle /
44. Nagoya Castle /
45. Okazaki Castle /
46. Nagashino Castle
Mie Prefecture
47. Iga Ueno Castle /
48. Matsusaka Castle
▼ Exploring Castles in Kansai (Kinki)
Shiga Prefecture
49. Odani Castle /
50. Hikone Castle /
51. Azuchi Castle /
52. Kannonji Castle
Kyoto Prefecture
53. Nijo Castle
Osaka Prefecture
54. Osaka Castle /
55. Chihaya Castle
Hyogo Prefecture
56. Takeda Castle /
57. Sasayama Castle /
58. Akashi Castle /
59. Himeji Castle /
60. Ako Castle
Nara Prefecture
61. Takatori Castle
Wakayama Prefecture
62. Wakayama Castle
▼ Exploring Castles in Chugoku & Shikoku
Tottori Prefecture
63. Tottori Castle
Shimane Prefecture
64. Matsue Castle /
65. Gassantoda Castle /
66. Tsuwano Castle
Okayama Prefecture
67. Tsuyama Castle /
68. Bitchu Matsuyama Castle /
69. Kinojo (Ki Castle) /
70. Okayama Castle
Hiroshima Prefecture
71. Fukuyama Castle /
72. Koriyama Castle /
73. Hiroshima Castle
Yamaguchi Prefecture
74. Iwakuni Castle /
75. Hagi Castle
Tokushima Prefecture
76. Tokushima Castle
Kagawa Prefecture
77. Takamatsu Castle /
78. Marugame Castle
Ehime Prefecture
79. Imabari Castle /
80. Yuzuki Castle
▼ Exploring Castles in Kyushu & Okinawa
Fukuoka Prefecture
85. Fukuoka Castle /
86. Ono Castle
Saga Prefecture
87. Nagoya Castle (Saga) /
88. Yoshinogari Historical Park /
89. Saga Castle
Nagasaki Prefecture
90. Hirado Castle /
91. Shimabara Castle
Kumamoto Prefecture
92. Kumamoto Castle /
93. Hitoyoshi Castle
Oita Prefecture
94. Oita Funai Castle /
95. Oka Castle
Miyazaki Prefecture
96. Obi Castle
Kagoshima Prefecture
97. Kagoshima Castle
Okinawa Prefecture
98. Nakijin Castle /
99. Nakagusuku Castle /
100. Shuri Castle
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▼ Other Articles
Castle Maiden Profiles
Castle Maidens /
Top 100 Castles Stamp Guide
Top 100 Castles Stamps (First Half) /
Top 100 Castles Stamps (Second Half) /
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